In all, George finished one shy of a career-high with 47 points as he led the Thunder to complete the largest comeback in team history by beating the Nets on Wednesday night, 114-112.

The Thunder trailed by 23 points with 8:25 left in the third quarter but the team began to chip away at the deficit as they trailed by 18 points to begin the fourth quarter.

And then P.G. took over.

George set a new career-high for points in any quarter with 25 as he went 9-of-12 from the field, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range, and outscored the Nets himself in the fourth quarter, 25-19.

“I just got into a zone, got into a comfortable place,” George told Lesley McCaslin of Fox Sports Oklahoma after the game. “My guys were on my back pushing me telling me to keep going. I started off a little slow. They were behind me, man. They told me to just keep going.”

After trailing by 23 points with 8:25 to go in the third quarter, the Thunder went on a 62-37 run to get back into the game and a 3-point shot by George put the Thunder up by two points with just 3.1 seconds left.

The Nets entered the game fifth in the NBA in made 3-point shots with 12 per game but went 15-of-36 from deep on Wednesday as Allen Crabbe matched a career-high with seven 3’s for 22 points to lead the Nets.

Brooklyn came out in the early going with more energy than the Thunder and forced 10 turnovers by Oklahoma City in the first half to lead 62-46 for their largest lead of the season at halftime.

The Thunder shot just 36 percent from the floor as seemingly every miss resulted in a fastbreak opportunity for the Nets as they held a 16-8 advantage in the first half on fastbreak points.

Russell Westbrook recorded 21 points, 17 assists and 15 rebounds in the game for his 108th carer triple-double as he passed Jason Kidd for sole possession of third on the all-time list.

With the win, the Thunder improve to 16-7 on the season and move into second place in the Western Conference just half of a game behind the first-place Nuggets.

The Thunder close out their three-game road trip on Friday in Chicago.

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Cody Taylor

Cody Taylor is the Editor and Lead Writer for OKC Thunder Wire based out of Orlando, Florida. He previously spent five years covering the NBA for Basketball Insiders and HoopsWorld. In addition, he has also covered college sports at UCF, including baseball, football and basketball.